Elizabeth Weitzman

The whole movie is a blast, thanks to a whip-smart script clearly written for kids and grownups alike.

It's a "First Wives Club" for single guys, giving voice to a whole range of authentic, if not always responsible, attitudes and emotions.

Deftly intercutting between several tenuously-connected lives, Barbara Albert's astringent drama is transformed by bright flashes of compassion.

Despite a somewhat unpolished look and a few slips into cliche, the film makes up in sincerity what it lacks in sophistication.

Gentle and affecting, it offers an introduction to a mostly unfamiliar world while touching on issues recognizable to all.

For those who've become increasingly conscious of the connections between strangers sharing a city, it's a challenge that's hard to resist.

Certainly has the look and feel of a masterpiece, but it's missing the emotional core that most moviegoers need.

So yes, you'll roll your eyes when the coach defies Papale's naysayers by insisting that "he has heart." But if there's a single surprise on this familiar field, it's that the movie does, too.

While some may be put off by Peggy's wild-eyed mania, and the film's broadly comic tone, Shannon makes this lost spirit strikingly sympathetic.

Yektapanah's stripped-down methods --remote setting, a cast of locals, the sparest of scripts -- are used so effectively, it quickly becomes clear that he's most concerned with the similarities rather than the differences between people.

The jokes, fast and furious enough to satisfy both teens and intrepid parents, are far funnier than they are raunchy.

The result is a quietly simple fable that hits you hardest after it's over.

Indeed, this year’s Antiquarian Book Fair is celebrating its 60th anniversary at the Armory right now. And after seeing “The Booksellers,” you’ll be a lot more likely to think about how to get there, and maybe a little less inclined to place that next easy order on Amazon.

A neat little almost-thriller, this witty French diversion manages to mess with your head with little apparent effort.

Visually arresting and deeply disheartening, James Longley's impressionistic documentary explores the pain of a shattered country by homing in on a few tiny shards.

If you think of Reilly as little more than a camp icon, you've got a lot to learn.

Allen and Short seem to be having so much fun that their enthusiasm is entirely contagious. Let the season begin.

With its carefully-chosen soundtrack, funky animation, and enthusiastic interviews, Dean Budnick's affectionate documentary pays apt tribute to Wetlands, a local landmark that closed in 2001.

Won't replace anyone's annual viewing of "It's a Wonderful Life." But your family could find a worse way to take a holiday break.

Though some see Treadwell as an idealistic martyr who made the ultimate sacrifice for his passion, others vilify him as an arrogant fool who courted his own end.

It's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard.

Both epic and intimate, this impassioned samurai drama is for anyone who's ever watched a movie and muttered, "They just don't make 'em like they used to."

A crushingly dark vision of male rage and female vulnerability, Hélène Angel's accomplished first feature hits you like an anvil -- after it's all over.

The performances are impeccable, and the film’s structural elements are deftly handled across the board.

Jiang's razor-sharp conclusions are less about the Japanese army or the Chinese government than about simple human nature.

The most extraordinary thing about Me You Them is that no one behaves as though anything remotely out of the ordinary is going on.

Plenty of films owe a debt to "The Godfather," but it's rare to see inspiration used as successfully as it is here.

Turns the dangerous monotony of poverty and unemployment into something nearly hypnotic.